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CHINA'S E BIKE REVOLUTION

Every year millions of Chinese are hitting the streets on E-bikes.
Those are battery powered contraptions that are becoming increasingly
popular as soaring fuel prices are continuing to make traditional
motorbikes and scooters expensive to drive. The bikes are getting
bigger, faster and more glamorous - and the growing size of their
batteries is soaking up increasing amounts of lead, the same amount
as one car. China produced 19 million battery driven bikes in 2006,
and that figure could rise by 30 per cent this year. "Who drives
motorbikes anymore? Fuel is too expensive and these have no emissions
so they are better for the environment - it's popular to think about
that these days." Other innovations include bikes that use lithium-
ion batteries which generally last longer and give more power for
their weight.

Check more on the topic @ www.abc.net.au/catapult/news/s2060020.htm


TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS

The Mayor of London has doubled the area of the city that is subject
to a congestion charge. Any driver who wants to take a car into the
city centre should pay a congestion charge. The success of the idea
tends to support the view that the only way to increase walking and
public transport use is to make cars more expensive and less
convenient. The idea is adopted as well in Vancouver, Canada, the
city recognised in 2006 as the world's most livable. Gordon Price
Director of Translink, the regional transportation authority in
Canada talks in this interview about how important is the question of
traffic congestion.

A full transcript of the interview is available @
www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/stories/2007/1887510.htm

SLANTING OIL PRODUCTION MAY CAUSE WAR

A German based Energy Watch Group has released a study saying global
oil production peaked in 2006 and will fall by half as soon as 2030
which may lead to wars and social breakdown. "The world soon will not
be able to produce all the oil it needs as demand is rising while
supply is falling. This is a huge problem for the world economy,"
said Hans-Josef Fell, EWG's founder and the German MP behind the
country's successful support system for renewable energy. The
report's author, Joerg Schindler, said the results are in contrast to
projections from the International Energy Agency, which says there is
little reason to worry about oil supplies at the moment. However, the
EWG study relies more on actual oil production data which, it says,
are more reliable than estimates of reserves still in the ground. The
group says official industry estimates put global reserves at an
equivalent to 42 years' supply at current consumption rates. But it
thinks the figure is only about two thirds of that. EWG also predicts
significant falls in gas, coal and uranium production as those energy
sources are used up. The report presents a bleak view of the future
unless a radically different approach is adopted.

Check the article @ www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,2196435,00.html

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